Degmaptera mirabilis

Degmaptera mirabilis
Degmaptera mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Degmaptera
Species: D. mirabilis
Binomial name
Degmaptera mirabilis
(Rothschild, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cypa mirabilis Rothschild, 1894

Degmaptera mirabilis is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Thailand, Anhui in China and Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of high altitude evergreen oak forests.

The wingspan is 44–82 mm. The hindwing costal edge is excavated resulting in a conspicuous subapical lobe, which projects anteriorly. There is a central row of pale golden dots on the abdomen upperside and a fawn-colored band on the forewing upperside.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus fenestrata in the Khasi Hills in India

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Degmaptera/mirabilis.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/d_mir.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
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